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| Title: | Party Activism in the Internet Era: Testing for Reinforcement and Mobilization |
| Authors: | Cardenal Izquierdo, Ana Sofía |
| Keywords: | Political Parties Party Activists Activism Internet Cyber-Activism |
| Issue Date: | 5-Jul-2011 |
| Publisher: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya |
| Type: | Article |
| Citation: | Cardenal, Ana (2010). "Party Activism in the Internet Era: Testing for Reinforcement and Mobilization". IN3 Working Paper Series, 2010, Vol. 0, num 0 |
| Abstract: | This paper takes the debate about the reinforcement and mobilization effects of the
Internet to an area that has yet to be explored under this framework: party activism. It
asks whether the Internet is modifying existing patterns of member participation and
mobilization ¿ i.e., of activism -- within parties. To explore this question and test for
reinforcement and mobilization in party activism it uses an online survey to party
activists of four Catalan parties (PSC, CDC, ERC, IC-V) that together represent more
than 80% of the vote in national and regional elections. The analysis finds some
support for the mobilization hypothesis. In contrast to traditional forms of party
activism, Internet tends to mobilize party members who are frequent Internet users,
who have approached the party through the net, who live in large municipalities and
who have strong preferences in the issue of national identity. |
| Description: | Peer-reviewed |
| Language: | eng |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10609/8763 |
| Appears in Collections: | 2010
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